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5.11.2008

that diminutive window of opportunity

this afternoon lisa opted to take the boy's to dean's baseball practicedean did not want to gobut dean needed to get out of the housethis was a father knows best momentI told dean why I thought he should gohe agreed and wentthis looked like a good opportunity for me to go for a rideI suited up and got ready to ridea small window of opportunityyet an opportunity to ride just the samebefore I left out the door I called cargo mike to see if he was available for a quick spinalways good to ride with someone faster to try and get strongerplus... cargo mike is good companycargo mike was not available for my are you ready to ride now requestI hung up the phone and headed out the doorit was rainingI walked back into the house

considered shelling it all and taking the dog for a hike instead of a rideeven took off my helmet, gloves, and vestbut... it did not seem to be raining hard and I was already dressed to rideso without grabbing any rain specific gear I headed out the door with the bike

the rain was slight then it stoppedthe canopy of trees is so thick over beach drive that road was not entirely soakedin fact more of the road was dry than wetI questioned if things were going to be dangerously slick in spotsor if there would be any unanticipated slippery spots on the turnsI let this thought dictate my intensityI decided to ride in the smaller of the two rings on my Jamis cross bikerefusing me the half step into the big ringwhat was my logic?part was due to the threat of crashing and some thought went to the notion of how my body feltI really do not know enough about training to give any reasoningit was just what I opted to doit just seemed to make sense because of the fatigue I still felt from last week's 12 Hours of Lodi FarmsI was listening to my bodyalthough I wanted to sprintthere was still the feeling of fatigue deep inside my legs

the ride was uneventful...it is good when things are without dramaespecially when riding in the rainwho wants drama on the bike in the rain?there were no crashes... there were no near crashesthere was nothing that got my heart rate up other than the spinning of the cranksjust a quick out and back an hour thirty on the bikemaybe an hour twenty of pedaling due to red lights and stop signs

got back before the real rain startedit was not an epic on the bikebut it was better than no time on the bikeafter alllife is cumulativeit felt good to be out on the bikeI felt good on the bikewish it had been longer was pleased it happened at all

it is still raining nowbiblical proportions!which will keep me from heading down The National Cathedral for the Lighting to Unite displaywww.cathedral.org

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